Saturday, 24 December 2016

The Art of Meaningful Gift Giving

If there’s one thing that everybody knows about buying the
ultimate gift, at Christmas, birthdays, whenever there’s a special occasion,
making it personal and meaningful is the key. I’m not one of those people who
goes to the shops and panic buys any random or down right generic stuff to give
to my friends and family. I much prefer to look for something a bit more
bespoke and especially select things which I know they’ll really appreciate and
be happy and proud to own.

I have always been a fan of personalised things. When I was
a child, I could never get my name on things (I mean how many people called
Bilgi do you know?!) so when ‘Cool Printings UK’, a bespoke mug company wanted
to work with me, you can imagine my delight! For no extra cost, they can
personalise any mug for you with whatever text you’d like. I have always liked
Disney, so I asked for ‘Disney Princess Off Duty’ on one mug and they even made
it super authentic for me using the Disney text font!

If you’re struggling to pick your favourite quote or lyric
from a song, there is help at hand. Not only can Cool Printings UK customise
mugs, they also have a fab selection of different designs ready made and
categorised ‘for him’, ‘for her’ etc so you can make a selection quickly and
easily. I personally think a carefully selected mug which has something
personally poignant and funny on it can be a really good gift idea. Extra
Brownie points if you get creative and fill it before wrapping, with someone’s
favourite sweets and maybe hide a special something at the bottom underneath
them? (but that’s up to you to decide what that’ll be!)

I
mean who doesn’t love Nutella?! That stuff is what dreams are made of!

I was lucky enough to be sent a fab selection of four
different mug designs and there really is something for everyone! I love the
quote by the Cheshire Cat! As a blogger, I love a good quote mug – they look
great in photographs! Also, anybody who knows me will know I’m a fiend for Earl
Grey tea my absolute favourite – there is not a day when I do not have tea, it
is one of those things which I just have
to have in my day or else it is just not complete. Now I have some super fun
new mugs to enjoy it in! (I’m giving one to my sister for Christmas too!)
#cheers!